16 Bible Verses about People Forgiving Others
Most Relevant Verses
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
does not act improperly,
is not selfish, is not provoked,
and does not keep a record of wrongs.
Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves also forgive everyone
in debt to us.
And do not bring us into temptation.”
“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
“At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.
Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Booths,
Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”
Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”
“You have judged correctly,” He told him.
If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it is for you in the presence of Christ.
